Portable sink



-J. LUTHER.

PORTABLE SINK.

No. 274,952. Patented Apr.3,18 83.

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'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LUTHER, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

PORTABLE SINK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,952, dated April 3, 1883.

Application filed December 9, 1882. (Model.)

roan whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN LUTHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Sinks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of my invention, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal vertical section of the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvementsin kitchen-furniture; and

. its object is to provide such a piece of furniture for kitchen usage whereby a sink, dishdrainer, and bread-board may be combined in one article to economize space, and at the same time the whole be readily removed from one place to another. These objects I attain by the construction substantially as shown in the accompanying drawings ,and hereinafter described.

In the drawings, A represents a Wall or support, to which is suitably secured an upright frame, consisting of standards a, connected by a spatter board, B, of a width equal to or greater than that of the sink 0; or the standards a may be entirely dispensed with and the frame composed entirely of one piece. The sinkbox Gin this instance is hinged to the standards a, and is provided with adish-dra-iner, 1), pivotally connected between its sides, to admit of its being folded or closed in the sinkhox when not in use as a drainer, the under face ofits bottom beingplain to admit of its use as a kneading or bread board, though it-is obvious that the same may be used as an ordinary table when in its closed position. The

upper face of the drainer-bottom is provided with flutes or corrugations b, in order that the water from the dishes, &c., may be more readily carried 011', that end of the sink-box 0 uponwhich the drainer-rests when opened out being cut away a sufficient distance to give said drainer a firmer rest and decrease of its inclination. The sink-box O is also provided with the usual waste-pipe connection, 0, and plug or stopper (1. To the connection 0, when the sink is in use, is fitted a removable wastepipe, E, having its bore of a tapering form in order to insure a tight joint. The sink-box, when open for use, is supported at each end by a wrought-iron or other suitable brace, F, extending from the bottom of the upright frame to nearly the outer side of said sink-box. These braces or supports are bent in the manner sub stantially as shown at c, Fig. 1, in order to give additional strength and prevent their extending out from the frame below the sink when closed, and are provided .at their upper ends with cross-heads or buttons, which work in slotsfin the'ends ofthe sink-box, said slots being widened at their rear ends to admit these cross-heads or buttons.

When the sink or its attachments are not required for use, the drainer D is folded into the box, the waste-pipe E removed, and, ifdesired, also placed in the box, and the whole swung up against the spatter-board B, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 1, a spring-catch, hook, or other locking device, g, upon said spatterboard engaging with the outside of the sinkbox to retain it securely in this position out of the way, thereby economizing space and. admit ting of a chair, table, or other article being placed in the space occupied by the sink when in position for use.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is-

In a portable sink, the stationary spatterboard B, having pivoted thereto the curved supports or braces F. in combination with the folding sink 0, the dish-drainer l), pivoted in the sink-box, as set forth, and removable wastepipe E, the outer ends of the supports or bracesadapted to work in slotsfat the ends of the sink-box, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that 1 claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN LUTHER.

Witnesses:

JOHN S. GRosBY, WM. H. FLoYD. 

